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Are you using a printer as well for the netbook invoicing, or just emailing invoices while on the job?

I still have a ton of customers that prefer hard copies.

One of the towns in my area had inspectors riding around town with laptops and small printers that printed on very small paper. They would update your permit status and print a copy of the inspection report for you right in their car.

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Are you using a printer as well for the netbook invoicing, or just emailing invoices while on the job?

I still have a ton of customers that prefer hard copies.

One of the towns in my area had inspectors riding around town with laptops and small printers that printed on very small paper. They would update your permit status and print a copy of the inspection report for you right in their car.

-Chris

Majority have been email for years. The inspectors can also do that here. Mobile printers are unnecessarily and stupidly priced for some reason.

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I ran into a landscaping buddy of mine I was doing a locate for and he says he wants to show me something.

Goes to his truck and whips out his new 3G Ipad. I have NEVER been goofy over Apple in any way. Like their stuff fine, have used it, but no reason to sway me much.

I like his Ipad. He showed me where he's already put an invoicing & bid program (App) on there for $10.00. And went through a bid. Can do Credit Cards too. Pretty sweet and less clunky than a traditional laptop or netbook. 3G anywhere for x dollars. No contract. Or WiFi for free. This and similar things I believe will be the future of the service persons billing.

One day.....

J.C.

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I'm in the process of starting a business and was looking in to different invoicing apps. Was considering Quickbooks for its versatility and the accountants seem to like it. One thing I was told though is that Quickbooks requires a larger processor than netbooks have (1.6 GHz on netbooks is typical but Quickbooks is said to require something like 2.4GHz). I'm not sure why...I'm not a techie guy. Just something I found in my research that I thought I'd throw out there.

I'd like to be able to print on site as well as most folks here appreciate a hard copy. I'd love to have a small printer that could print invoices say on a 1/2 sheet of paper.

Another thing I was looking in to was signature capture devices. I thought that it would be necessary for my own protection. Not sure what others due in this regard or if they find it necessary. I have had a few instances where it saved some hassles (I won't get in to long explanations).

Just curious what hardware/software others are using.

Don't intend to jack the thread if these topics aren't appropriate here I could start another thread.

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3 ways, 1. use an external cd player 2.load the cd on other pc with internet connection and send the file via FTP or online site that send large file size and DL it 3. copy the file on USB Flash and use the USB 2.0 on your netbook